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The Brilliant Abyss

Autor Helen Scales
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 iun 2022
"The oceans have always shaped human lives," writes marine biologist Helen Scales in her vibrant new book The Brilliant Abyss, but the surface and the very edges have so far mattered the most. "However, one way or another, the future ocean is the deep ocean." A golden era of deep-sea discovery is underway. Revolutionary studies in the deep are rewriting the very notion of life on Earth and the rules of what is possible. In the process, the abyss is being revealed as perhaps the most amazing part of our planet, with a topography even more varied and extreme than its Earthbound counterpart. Teeming with unsuspected life, an extraordinary interconnected ecosystem deep below the waves has a huge effect on our daily lives, influencing climate and weather systems worldwide. Currently the fantastic creatures that live in the deep-many of them incandescent in a world without light-and its formations trap vast quantities of carbon that would otherwise poison our atmosphere; and novel bacteria as yet undiscovered hold the promise of potent new medicines. Yet the deep also contains huge mineral riches lusted after by many nations and corporations; mining them could ultimately devastate the planet, compounding the deepening impacts of ubiquitous pollutants and rampant overfishing. Eloquently and passionately, Helen Scales brings to life the majesty and mystery of an alien realm that nonetheless sustains us, while urgently making clear the price we could pay if it is further disrupted. The Brilliant Abyss is at once a revelation and a clarion call to preserve this vast unseen world" --
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780802158239
ISBN-10: 0802158234
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 137 x 207 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Grove Atlantic

Notă biografică

Helen Scales, PhD, is a marine biologist, writer, and public broadcaster. She is the author of Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells and Eye of the Shoal: A Fishwatcher's Guide to Life, the Ocean, and Everything. She has written for National Geographic, the Guardian, New Scientist, BBC Wildlife Magazine, and BBC Focus, among others, and also presents the Earth Unscrewed podcast. She teaches marine biology and science writing at Cambridge University and advises the marine conservation charity Sea Changers. She divides her time between Cambridge, England, and the French coast of Finistère.

Caracteristici

This book focuses on major environmental concerns that are emerging with the advancement of deep-sea mines. The Brilliant Abyss provides in-depth explanation and analysis of the issues involved.

Cuprins

PreludePART ONE: EXPLORE1: Here is the Deep2: The Whale and the Worm3: Caught in a Jelly Web4: In a Chemical World5: Highs and LowsPART TWO: DEPEND6: Deep Matters7: Deep CuresPART THREE: EXPLOIT8: Fishing Deep9: The Eternal Junkyard10: What's Mine is YoursPART FOUR: PRESERVE11: Green vs Blue12: A Sanctuary in the DeepEpilogueAcknowledgementsNotesAdditional ResourcesIndex Plates

Recenzii

So comprehensive and insightful that it will be a long time before it's surpassed . It is hard to imagine a more timely or important book than The Brilliant Abyss. Carefully conceived and luminously written, it is certain to be a bestseller, which gives me hope that its urgent message might help save the world.
Scales's approach is enthralling and richly expressed and highlights how closely our lives depend on the deep.
Scales's great gift is for transmuting our awe at the wonders of the deep sea into a kind of quiet rage that they could soon be no more . The deep, she argues, is too vulnerable, and too crucial to the working of the planet to blindly ransack.
Accessible, enjoyable and written with infectious passion, this book is a compelling guide to a fascinating and often overlooked part of our planet.
Fascinating . The Brilliant Abyss is a manifesto for change as much as it is a description of an ecological crisis. Its overall effect - to insist that what's already down there matters, even or especially when it is hidden from our view.
Helen Scales is one of those rare scientists who can capture the excitement of science. The Brilliant Abyss has a thrill on every page as she explores the deep and little known ocean. But this comes with a warning. Man's destruction is now reaching the remotest corners of the planet and our survival depends on stopping it.
Helen Scales explains why leaving the deep alone is so important - play your part by arming yourself with the facts.
Helen Scales' beautiful account reveals the astonishing complexity and importance of the creatures of the abyss, to the planet and to us.